Joyce Doesn T News Today

Last fall, dateline nbc began following three middle class families as they confronted poverty for the first time. here is part of lester holts interview with one of those families. >> looking at the unemployment check here and looking at the bills here, and this check doesnt add up to these bills. hes got to find a job. >> needing every penny for rent, joyce puts on a brave face and heads to the sister carmen food pantry. >> i can make banana bread. thats not too bad for my kids. >> to make the...

Pick what i want to eat. i want to feed my kids what my kids will eat and not have to worry about okay, but this is all weve got. >> each time you come here, youre praying its the last? >> yes. i dont want to have to come back yet i know in two weeks ill be here again. >> christmas is only days away as joyce wraps the presents that sister carmen donated to her kids, she struggles to keep up the facade that everything is okay. >> im trying to stay above water. im trying not to drown and not to si...